Features: Organisational Change

Progressive organisations are routinely looking for a significant edge over the competition that can enable increased market share, fertile revenue streams and sustainable growth. Such objectives highlight the need for astute OD practitioners who can rise above the ‘corporate noise.

Resistance to change is seen as a major challenge to organisational initiatives. According to Sarah Lewis M.Sc. C.Psychol, of Appreciating Change, before we think about how to reduce it, we need to understand why people resist change.

I stared at the blank screen in disbelief. I prodded the power button, it burst into life and then died again. It was 9.30pm at night, dark and I was somewhere deep in the Provence countryside. Article by Dominic Irvine, founder of Epiphanies LLP.

As the cardamom flavoured milk was passed to me to try my heart sank. I don’t like the mouth feel of milk and am indifferent to its flavour. I had little choice, I was surrounded by delegates at a workshop in Saudi Arabia where we were testing new juice and dairy products and they were looking at me expectantly. Article by Dominic Irvine, founder of Epiphanies LLP.

Too many organisational development initiatives blow out before they’ve had a chance to impact on anything. Ray McGrath, Execution Practice Leader at FranklinCovey (UK and Ireland), explains how to apply some key principles to start your next programme and keep it on track.

One thing is sure, change is here to stay, and the consequences of not reading it correctly can be disastrous on productivity, morale and retention. Alan Jones, Managing Director at Cascade, taps the dial as the arrow points to "Change, potentially stormy later".